The Poems of St John of the Cross
By: John Frederick Nims , None
4.50
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain's fin…
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1. El árbol de la ciencia
By: Pío Baroja
3.67
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Publicada en 1911, El árbol de la ciencia (para el propio Pío Baroja «el libro más acabado y comple… read more
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"En España, lo que se paga no es el trabajo, sino la sumisión."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"Respecto de la justicia, yo creo que lo justo en el fondo es lo que nos conviene."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"Sin duda no los juilaban por sus influencias y por esa simpatía y respeto que ha habido siempre en España por lo inútil."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"El instinto de conservación del cuerpo social es bastante fuerte para rechazar todo lo que no puede digerir. Por muchos gérmenes que se siembren, la descomposición de la sociedad será biológica."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
2. El caballero de Olmedo
By: Lope de Vega , Francisco Rico
3.47
Format: 222 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Sobre un cantar de gran difusión e intrigante origen que sirve de lugar de encuentro del autor y su… read more
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"Es tan bella que el mismo sol la envidia."-Lope de Vega, El caballero de Olmedo
"Las penas anticipadas dicen que matan dos veces."-Lope de Vega, El caballero de Olmedo
3. Luces de bohemia: Esperpento
By: None , Alonso Zamora Vicente , Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
3.71
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Valle-Inclán escribió, en 1920, esta obra, con la que quedó inaugurada una nueva manera de ver la r… read more
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"España, en su concepción religiosa, es una tribu del Centro de África."-None, Luces de bohemia: Esperpento
"En España podrá faltar el pan, pero el ingenio y el buen humor no se acaban"-None, Luces de bohemia: Esperpento
"Mi nombre es Máximo Estrella. Mi seudónimo, Mala Estrella. Tengo el honor de no ser Académico."-None, Luces de bohemia: Esperpento
"El periodismo es travesura, lo mismo que la política. Son el mismo círculo en diferentes espacios."-None, Luces de bohemia: Esperpento
4. Coplas a la muerte de su padre
By: Jorge Manrique
3.87
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Estas coplas fueron escritas en honor a la muerte del Maestre don Santiago Rodrigo Manrique, y en e… read more
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5. St. Francis of Assisi
By: G.K. Chesterton , Joseph F. Girzone
3.94
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar,… read more
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"The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The modern mind is hard to please; and it generally calls the way of Godfrey ferocious and the way of Francis fanatical. That is, it calls any moral method unpractical, when it has just called any pr…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"I beseech you, little brothers, that you be as wise as brother Daisy and brother dandelion; for never do they lie awake thinking of tomorrow, yet they have gold crowns like kings and emperors or like…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
6. Trafalgar
By: Benito Pérez Galdós
3.92
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
"Trafalgar " (1873) es el primero de los "Episodios nacionales" de Galdós, serie que constituye la … read more
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"...ni al mar irritado, ni a los monstruos acuáticos, ni a la ruidosa tempestad, ni al cielo, ni a la tierra; no tenía miedo a cosa alguna creada por Dios más que a su bendita mujer."-Benito Pérez Galdós, Trafalgar
7. Réquiem por un campesino español
By: Ramón J. Sender
3.91
Format: 69 pages, Paperback
Réquiem por un campesino español recoge un dramático episodio de la guerra civil en un pueblecito a… read more
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"Los curas son las únicas personas a quienes todo el mundo llama padre, menos sus hijos, que los llaman tíos."-Ramón J. Sender, Réquiem por un campesino español
8. The Imitation of Christ
By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Paperback
Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more
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9. Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
By: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , Cyclone Covey
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to cross the North American continent. This remar… read more
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- classics
10. The Poems of St John of the Cross
By: John Frederick Nims , None
4.50
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain's fin… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- christianity
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- spanish literature
- religion
- mysticism
11. Rimas y leyendas
By: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
4.43
Format: 320 pages,
Los lectores tomaran un gran placer en descubrir los clasicos con estas bellas y economicas edicion… read more
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12. Don Juan Tenorio
By: José Zorrilla , Aniano Peña , Óscar T. Pérez Sánchez
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
Don Juan Tenorio, el drama romantico por excelencia, es una de las pocas obras que han tenido y sig… read more
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13. Historia de la vida del Buscón
By: Francisco de Quevedo
3.00
Format: 76 pages,
Historia de la vida del Buscon -- read more
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14. Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3)
By: William Shakespeare
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part Oneagain pits a rebellion within th… read more
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15. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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16. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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- religion
"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
17. Deuteronomy
By: Anonymous , LarsOlov Eriksson
4.11
Format: 188 pages,
Book 5 of the Old Testament read more
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18. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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19. Historia de una escalera
By: Antonio Buero Vallejo
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Historia de una escalera, originalmente llamada La escalera, poseia el mismo titulo de una obra de … read more
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20. Interior Castle
By: Teresa de Ávila
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more
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21. Cur Deus Homo
By: Anselm of Canterbury
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Paperback
A thought provoking book on the deepest questions which have plagued mankind for time and eternity.… read more
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22. Tormento
By: Benito Pérez Galdós
3.37
Format: 297 pages,
Publicada en 1884, entre El Doctor Centeno y La de Bringas, obras con las cuales ofrece una suerte … read more
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23. La vida es sueño
By: Pedro Calderón de la Barca , None
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
He aqui la creacion mas lograda y de caracter mas universal de Calderon. La vida es suenoes, en sin… read more
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24. La hojarasca
By: Gabriel García Márquez
3.65
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
El primer libro de Gabriel García Márquez —de 1955— contiene el germen estilístico y de las ideas q… read more
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"As I hear him, I understand that he's not more moronic because of the brandy than he is because of his cowardice."-Gabriel García Márquez, La hojarasca
"When something moves you can tell that time has passed. Not till then. Until something moves time is eternal ... That's why time doesn't pass for the hanged man: because even if the child's hand move…"-Gabriel García Márquez, La hojarasca
"Mientras se abanica con el sombrero el rostro trastornado por la sofocación y el aguardiente, mirando hacia la soga, calculando su fuerza, él dice: `Es imposible que una soga tan delgada haya sosteni…"-Gabriel García Márquez, La hojarasca
"Hay un minuto en que se agota la siesta. Hasta la secreta, recóndita, minúscula actividad de los insectos cesa en ese instante preciso; el curso de la naturaleza se detiene; la creación tambalea al b…"-Gabriel García Márquez, La hojarasca
25. Campos de Castilla
By: Antonio Machado , None
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Mass Market Paperback
With this collection of poems, Antonio Machado y Ruiz became the primary voice of the Spanish artis… read more
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26. Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Mark Doty , A. Poulin Jr.
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Rilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the … read more
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27. King Henry IV, Part 1 (Wars of the Roses, #2)
By: William Shakespeare , David Scott Kastan
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry … read more
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28. El burlador de Sevilla
By: Tirso de Molina , None
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Esta es la primera obra donde aparece el legendario burlador de la fe y de las mujeres, Don Juan, q… read more
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29. The Rule of Saint Benedict
By: Benedict of Nursia , None
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the father of Western monasticism, The Rule of St. Ben… read more
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30. Measure for Measure
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
4.38
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more
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31. La realidad y el deseo 1924-1962
By: Luis Cernuda
4.17
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
Punto de referencia inexcusable en el panorama de nuestra literatura moderna, La realidad y el dese… read more
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"El fresco verano llena Andaluzas soledades; no acercarán amistades la tierna imagen ajena. Visos y dejos de pena el agua me robaría; que la desdicha sonría hasta que el viento la lleve. Y en un molin…"-Luis Cernuda, La realidad y el deseo 1924-1962
